Thank you so much for reading my story Emily K.  All my life I have been called the nice girl, I can definitely relate to you. I put 100 percent into everything and it’s caused me so pain. I also have this need to save and please people. I realize how damaging this is to my anxiety issue, to always yearn to be liked and accepted.  It is wonderful that you’ve found someone and it’s moving at a pace in which you feel comfortable able to grow in that love. I think I’ve been in the jaded phase for far too long, thank you for opening my eyes to that. I really needed this post today and I can’t thank you enough. I can’t let the world harden me, I have to stay true to myself and love openly, hopefully one day soon I’ll be able to crumble those walls.